Mahdi Shariff
London, UK Globetrotter — available worldwide Available as Fractional CAO and for contract engagements
I help leadership teams move from AI curiosity to AI capability — designing strategy, building internal confidence, and delivering working systems. I have led programmes across enterprise, financial services, and venture capital, working with organisations including Accenture, Wellcome Trust, Molten Ventures, and Social Value Portal. I bring an unusual combination of M&A and corporate finance training (EY, TMT sector), operational experience scaling a technology business in China from 15 to 150 people, and three years as co-founder and CEO of Humble AI — a venture-backed AI productivity platform.
LinkedIn mahdishariff Book a call
Selected clients
How I can help
🧭
AI Strategy and Advisory
CEO and board-level AI strategy, policy design, use case identification, and roadmapping. Fractional Chief AI Officer engagements on a contract basis.
🏗️
AI Transformation Programmes
End-to-end delivery of AI transformation across enterprise and growth-stage businesses — from team enablement through to working systems in production.
🎓
Training and Enablement
Hands-on AI training for leadership teams, cross-functional groups, and technical staff. Workshops, hackathons, and structured programmes that build lasting capability.
⚙️
AI Implementation and Builds
RAG-based knowledge systems, AI assistants, automation workflows, and productised consulting tools. Built to fit your stack and your team's real workflows.
🎤
Speaking and Facilitation
Keynotes, panels, workshops, and fireside chats on AI strategy, neurodiversity-inclusive design, and building AI tools without coding. Available for conferences and corporate events worldwide.
🌱
VC and Investor Advisory
AI due diligence, portfolio company enablement, and fund-level AI strategy. Experience working with Molten Ventures, Partech, Included VC, and family offices.
AI tools and platforms
Claude (Anthropic)
ChatGPT (OpenAI)
Gemini (Google)
RAG architectures
AI assistants and agents
Automation workflows
n8n
Prompt engineering
Knowledge bases
Vector databases
Vibe coding
No-code AI tools
Azure AI
LangChain
Cursor
Notion AI
Work with me directly
🧠
Second Brain Session
A neurodiversity-informed productivity setup — built for how your brain actually works.
90 minutes · 1:1 Includes Humble AI

A 90-minute session where we work through how your brain works — your attention patterns, your relationship with time, your capture habits — and then configure a personalised Second Brain using Humble AI, so you leave with a system that already knows how to work with you.

This is not therapy. This is not coaching. It's a structured, expert-led setup session for people who are neurodivergent, suspect they might be, or just know that standard productivity systems don't work for them.

1 20 min
How your brain works
A guided conversation about attention, energy, capture habits, and what's worked — and what hasn't.
2 15 min
Pattern identification
3–5 specific things that are costing you the most — named, explained, and mapped to your setup.
3 40 min
Live Second Brain setup
Calendar connected, professional network imported, WhatsApp capture activated, task buckets configured to match your patterns.
4 15 min
Your 90-day plan
Built and entered directly into your Second Brain before the session ends.
Who this is for
  • Professionals with ADHD, autism, or other neurodivergent profiles
  • People who've tried every productivity system and none of them stuck
  • Anyone whose brain works faster than their systems can keep up with
  • HR and People teams looking for neurodiversity support beyond awareness training
Pricing
Individual £400
Corporate / wellbeing budget £600 VAT invoice · UK wellbeing budgets eligible
Teams of 3+ Contact for pricing

Includes: 90-min session · personalised 90-day plan · Humble AI annual subscription (£96 value). Optional 90-day check-in call available at £150.

Book a session Learn more about Humble AI
Filter

Click any role card to expand details.

All appearances